THE GRIZZLY BEAR. 127 
war between the two tribes. The same veracious trader, 
it should be added, did not scruple to affirm that the 
Grizzly Bear had actually been seen fourteen feet long : 
the greatest measurement given on any credible autho- 
rity being somewhat less than nine feet. It may, 
however, well be doubted whether the Grizzly Bear is 
capable of being domesticated ; for it would appear that 
all the known attempts that have hitherto been made to 
render him docile and obedient have completely failed. 
In the narrative of Major Long’s expedition, Mr. Say 
has given some particulars relative to the manners of 
a halfgrown individual which was kept chained in the 
yard of one of the stations of the Missouri Fur Com- 
pany; but which, though far from having attained his 
full strength, was by no means trusted even by those 
who were most familiar with him. They occasionally 
ventured to play with him; but this was always done 
with caution and reserve; and when, as was sometimes 
the case, he chanced to break loose from his confine- 
ment, the whole establishment was thrown into a state 
of confusion and alarm. The same gentleman also gives 
the history of two individuals which were presented 
when very young to the Philadelphia Museum, where 
they were kept for several years confined in a strong 
cage; until at length their strength and ferocity, which 
no kind of treatment appeared capable of subduing, 
had reached such a pitch that it was found absolutely 
necessary to destroy them. 
In no respect has the subject of the present notice, 
whose portrait admirably illustrates the peculiarities of 
his species, degenerated from the race of which he 
appears to be the sole representative in Kurope. He 
